Oppress vs Perplex - What's the difference?
oppress | perplex | Related terms |
(obsolete) Physically to press down on (someone) with harmful effects; to smother, crush.
* , II.x:
To keep down by force
To make sad or gloomy
To cause to feel baffled; to .
To involve; to entangle; to make intricate or complicated.
* John Locke
(obsolete) To plague; to vex; to torment.
Oppress is a related term of perplex.
In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between oppress and perplex
is that oppress is (obsolete) physically to press down on (someone) with harmful effects; to smother, crush while perplex is (obsolete) intricate; difficult.In lang=en terms the difference between oppress and perplex
is that oppress is to make sad or gloomy while perplex is to involve; to entangle; to make intricate or complicated.As verbs the difference between oppress and perplex
is that oppress is (obsolete) physically to press down on (someone) with harmful effects; to smother, crush while perplex is to cause to feel baffled; to.As an adjective perplex is
(obsolete) intricate; difficult.oppress
English
Verb
(es)- Most mercilesse of women, VVyden hight, / Her other sonne fast sleeping did oppresse , / And with most cruell hand him murdred pittilesse.
- The rural poor were oppressed by the land-owners.
- We were oppressed by the constant grey skies.
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* * English transitive verbsperplex
English
Verb
(es)- What was thought obscure, perplexed , and too hard for our weak parts, will lie open to the understanding in a fair view.
- (Glanvill)
